CHEERS
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that New York will participate in the federal scholarship tax credit despite vocal opposition by the state’s powerful teachers unions. Erica Meltzer and Alex Zimmerman report on how the announcement may “provide both political cover for and political pressure on other Democratic governors who are on the fence.”
JEERS
A new book takes on the “Conservative Industrial Complex,” which is apparently set on destroying public education. As Rick Hess points out, the authors present a “cartoonish view of coalitional politics and political mobilization,” which is detached from the realities of current political alignments and the actual policy debates happening across and within party lines—including at SCHOOLED!
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